SARU have clarified the issue we at Sharksworld have been debating all week, regarding the inclusion of the Southern Kings in Super Rugby next week. This clarification is a re-hash of a decision made in January this year already, and the only new information available to us is a date for the confirmation meeting.

In January it was proposed at a special general meeting that the Kings be included in Super Rugby next season, along with the top four teams taking part in the current competition. Simply, the last placed team gets ‘relegated’ from Super Rugby and the Kings will take their place.

On Thursday, a proposal came forward that the Kings be guaranteed Super Rugby for the next two seasons, after which a promotion/relegation match will take place to determine the teams taking part in the 2015 competition.

13 July 2012 will be an important date to remember as this is when the next General Meeting of SARU will take place, and a final decision will be made.

All teams concerned will look forward to some clarity on this issue, as there is a lot of preparation that goes into putting a Super Rugby squad together, and neither team will want any further delays in knowing exactly what is going to happen next year.

Megs you should prepare and get your season tickets …its going to happen.

Comment 21, posted at 11.05.12 12:49:09 by csb

SARU needs to think about making the 5th Superugby team a combination of all the players that don’t form part of the other 4 franchises. This should also consider players in the Vodacom Cup..imagine players such as Kyle Cooper, Sithole, Jan van Velse, Serfontein, the flyhalf from WP (forgot his name), Wickaus Blaauw, Carstens, the Bulls prop from the Pumas etc..including the current Lions’ and Kings players forming one franchise based in PE. These players would be loaded to this franchise for that season’s competition.

Comment 22, posted at 12.05.12 15:26:48 by GreatSharksays

@GreatSharksays (Comment 22) : The WHOLE idea behind the Kings is to give THAT region a chance, not to bring players from other regions to the EP. That will not benefit the EP at all.